The Changes in the F FDG Metabolism in the Muscles by the Use of Cuboid Support Insoles.

Healthy men aged 55,39, 23.45 years were administered 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) after fasting for over 5 h; then, a 30-min self-paced walking (6-min walk and 2-min rest + 6-min walk and 2-min rest + 6-min walk and 2-min rest + 6-min walk) session was performed. While walking, the same athletic shoes were used, same with walking supports, flat insoles, and cuboid support insoles (BMZ Inc.

Impaired Eating and Swallowing Function in Older Adults in the Community: The Kurihara Project.

: Older adults with dementia often develop aspiration pneumonia as a complication due to deterioration of swallowing function. Herein, we report our findings of eating and swallowing-related functions in elderly local residents. : The subjects were 229 elderly residents in Kurihara City, including 97 healthy (Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR): 0), 108 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (CDR: 0.

Monitoring of drug treatment and psychosocial intervention with SPECT in Alzheimer patients Implications for neurologically appropriate psychosocial interventions. An observational study. The Osaki-Tajiri Project.

Unlabelled: We previously examined cerebral blood flow (CBF) with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) with reference to drug treatment (donepezil) and psychosocial intervention.

Objective: The aim is to provide "brain-based" evidence for psychosocial interventions using SPECT.

Methods: The participants were 27 consecutive outpatients with AD who received the drug and psychosocial intervention, and SPECT three times (baseline, pre-/post-intervention) at 6 month-intervals.

Decreased Behavioral Abnormalities After Treatment with Combined Donepezil and Yokukansankachimpihange in Alzheimer Disease: An Observational Study. The Osaki-Tajiri Project.

Introduction: Yokukansan is one of the traditional herbal medicines (Kampo medicine in Japan) commonly used in the treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). We performed an observational study using yokukansankachimpihange, which contains a nobiletin-rich Citrus reticulata, to determine whether it could improve BPSD as well as cognitive impairment in patients with Alzheimer disease (NINCDS-ADRDA).

Methods: Forty-six (23 vs.

Fear of Falling and Cognitive Impairments in Elderly People with Hip Fractures.

Background/aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the estimated prevalence of dementia and the relationship between cognitive impairment and fear of falling in patients with hip fractures.

Methods: Analysis 1 included 100 patients with hip fractures. Analysis 2 included a subgroup of subjects with ≥75 years of functional independence: 46 patients with hip fractures and 46 control subjects without hip fractures, and presence or absence of dementia.

Cholinesterase inhibitors are compatible with psychosocial intervention for Alzheimer disease patients suggested by neuroimaging findings.

We previously reported that the frontal lobe was stimulated by psychosocial intervention for dementia patients, and that the parietal lobe was associated with logical judgment. We hypothesized that the combined therapeutic approach with symptomatic drug treatment can directly stimulate not only attention function but also judgment function indirectly to observing other participants' behaviors. Fifty-two patients with Alzheimer disease underwent the group reminiscence approach with reality orientation, as well as the donepezil treatment.

Qualitative Assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Older Persons with Very Mild Dementia: The Kurihara Project.

Background/aims: We investigated quantitative/qualitative changes of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in people with a Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) of 0.5.

Methods: IADLs were evaluated in older residents: CDR of 0 (healthy) and CDR 0.

Disturbed social recognition and impaired risk judgement in older residents with mild cognitive impairment after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011: the Tome Project.

Aim: After the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, we investigated the safety of residents in the affected communities. Most of the people requiring help were elderly and had previously been assessed as Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) 0.5 (i.

Numerical reproduction of hemodynamics change by acupuncture on Taichong (LR-3) based on the lumped-parameter approximation model of the systemic arteries.

Background: The aim of this study was to develop a mathematical model of blood flow in the systemic circulation to emulate the change in hemodynamics by acupuncture therapy to elucidate the mechanism of the therapy. For this purpose, as a first step, a simple model of arterial blood flow was presented to reproduce previously reported change in the blood flow volume by the acupuncture needle stimulation of Taichong (LR-3).

Methods: This model was based on the lumped-parameter approximation of arterial blood flow together with linear resistance of peripheral circulation.